Recently my G2160 started losing power. When I was mowing the engine would lose RPM. It has about 400 hours and I personally have never replaced the fuel filters, so I decided to do that. I've changed both fuel filters and bled them and got the tractor started. It ran a little rough but shortly sounded like it always has. I was really happy. I was going to be able to mow the lawn. I got everything ready and headed down the driveway to the lawn when it happened again. I wanted to make sure that the problem was gone so I opened the throttle all the way and pressed the pedal all the way down to put some load on the engine and it started to sputter again, almost to the point of stalling. I pulled the throttle back and limped back to the garage. I decided to try it again thinking that maybe I just didn't let the fuel flow get back to where it's supposed to be, so I pushed the throttle to full again, but this time started the blades turning. Everything sounded great. I decided to head to the yard again and the same thing happened. If I start to accelerate more than a crawl it starts sputtering and almost dies. So, while I'm glad I change the fuel filters, it doesn't seem to be the thing that is causing this problem. The air filter is new so it's getting air, or at least the filter should not be a problem.
Does anyone have any idea what else may be causing this problem? Could it be the injector pump itself? The tractor has 442 hours on it.
Thank you
Does anyone have any idea what else may be causing this problem? Could it be the injector pump itself? The tractor has 442 hours on it.
Thank you
